GAIN vs. VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, TCPC, SLRC, FDUS, GLAD, PNNT, DHIL, and HRZN
Should you be buying Gladstone Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gladstone Investment include Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), and Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ:GAIN) and Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Gladstone Investment has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Virtus Investment Partners had 3 more articles in the media than Gladstone Investment. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners and 2 mentions for Gladstone Investment. Gladstone Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Virtus Investment Partners' score of 0.53 indicating that Gladstone Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gladstone Investment has a net margin of 97.71% compared to Virtus Investment Partners' net margin of 14.02%. Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity of 19.61% beat Gladstone Investment's return on equity.
Gladstone Investment received 44 more outperform votes than Virtus Investment Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.47% of users gave Gladstone Investment an outperform vote while only 53.57% of users gave Virtus Investment Partners an outperform vote.
Gladstone Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $7.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Gladstone Investment pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Gladstone Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
11.9% of Gladstone Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Gladstone Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Virtus Investment Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Gladstone Investment. Gladstone Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virtus Investment Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gladstone Investment presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.21%. Virtus Investment Partners has a consensus price target of $247.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.05%. Given Virtus Investment Partners' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Virtus Investment Partners is more favorable than Gladstone Investment.
Summary
Virtus Investment Partners beats Gladstone Investment on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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